Something went wrong. Try again later
    Follow

    Xbox One

    Platform »

    The Xbox One is Microsoft's third video game console. It was released on November 22nd 2013 in 13 countries.

    Do you take someone less seriously when they use the term "Xbone"?

    • 120 results
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    Avatar image for jjweatherman
    JJWeatherman

    15144

    Forum Posts

    5249

    Wiki Points

    887

    Followers

    Reviews: 10

    User Lists: 18

    Poll Do you take someone less seriously when they use the term "Xbone"? (399 votes)

    Yes 34%
    No 66%

    I don't know about you guys, but at this point I'll often stop reading a forum post if I see this term being used. Not everyone seems to use it to imply negativity, but even so, it's an annoyingly ugly term that just screams "Let's try to be clever on the internet!" Key word, of course, being try.

    If you legitimately believe this term to be a good shorthand for Xbox One, then, well, I'm sorry—it's really not.

    Perhaps I just hold words to too high a standard.

     • 
    Avatar image for ajamafalous
    ajamafalous

    13992

    Forum Posts

    905

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 9

    #1  Edited By ajamafalous

    Nope! In fact, I use it whenever I can.

    I now, though, can't decide whether Xbone or Xbox One Eighty is better.

    EDIT: Also, I guess I should add that I never thought it was 'funny' or 'clever,' just a stupid name for what was a stupid console.

    Avatar image for deactivated-5cc8838532af0
    deactivated-5cc8838532af0

    3170

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 12

    No. It's the best option we have. Now if you refer to it as "the one" we have a problem.

    Avatar image for psylah
    psylah

    2362

    Forum Posts

    100

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    180 is pretty good, now.

    Avatar image for cmblasko
    cmblasko

    2955

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #4  Edited By cmblasko

    No, I think it is fun.

    Avatar image for ricetopher
    ricetopher

    1077

    Forum Posts

    59

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 4

    Not really. The people I stop taking seriously are the ones that use "M$"

    Avatar image for donpixel
    DonPixel

    2867

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    I don't judge people based on the acronyms they choose to use...

    Avatar image for the_official_japanese_teabag
    the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG

    4312

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Wait, why is it offensive? I thought the it looked stupid but I never thought it meant anything.

    Avatar image for likeassur
    LikeaSsur

    1625

    Forum Posts

    517

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    @irvandus said:

    No. It's the best option we have. Now if you refer to it as "the one" we have a problem.

    "Xbox One" just never occurred to you, or....?

    Avatar image for colourful_hippie
    colourful_hippie

    6335

    Forum Posts

    8

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    #9  Edited By colourful_hippie

    I think it's funny when people try to use Xbone in a negative manner like the way some idiots think saying M$ is a way of "sticking it" to them.

    Avatar image for magzine
    MAGZine

    441

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    People thought that the constant barrage of Wii jokes were hilarious, so AFAIC, Xbone was just asking for it.

    Avatar image for deactivated-5cc8838532af0
    deactivated-5cc8838532af0

    3170

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 12

    Avatar image for mandude
    mandude

    2835

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Xbox One sounds pretentious.

    Avatar image for dsi1
    dsi1

    237

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Nope! In fact, I use it whenever I can.

    I now, though, can't decide whether Xbone or Xbox One Eighty is better.

    EDIT: Also, I guess I should add that I never thought it was 'funny' or 'clever,' just a stupid name for what was a stupid console.

    Best of both worlds: Xbone80

    Avatar image for likeassur
    LikeaSsur

    1625

    Forum Posts

    517

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    @irvandus: ....Okay, let's break this down.

    Xbone = 5 characters.

    Xbox One = 8 characters (if you count the space).

    So you're saying that an additional three keystrokes is just too much?

    Avatar image for abendlaender
    abendlaender

    3100

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    No, I call it that. Not to be clever or anything, it's just better then "XBO" and I'm sure as hell wont call it "The One"

    Avatar image for datarez
    datarez

    875

    Forum Posts

    2873

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 3

    User Lists: 6

    #16  Edited By datarez

    No. I use it. I think the Xbox one is a dumb name. It started an easy way to reference it being a dumb name. Then MS started feeding into it with their drm.

    Avatar image for epicsteve
    EpicSteve

    6908

    Forum Posts

    13016

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 89

    User Lists: 11

    About as serious as I take someone writing; M$

    Avatar image for maajin
    Maajin

    1184

    Forum Posts

    211

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    I like it. Rolls off the tongue.

    Avatar image for moonwalksa
    moonwalksa

    649

    Forum Posts

    216

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    #19  Edited By moonwalksa

    Xbone is the best name for it in the same way that "Blops" is the best name for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Nothing negative about it, it's just an abbreviation that flows better than the alternatives.

    X1 is also acceptable for when you want to type less and aren't pronouncing it in your head, I guess, but anything that's supposed to have a spoken cadence just sounds better to me with Xbone.

    I would never want to use "Xbox One" unless I'm referring to the first xbox, and "Xone" just makes it look you're writing the word "zone" like an asshole.

    Avatar image for cale
    CaLe

    4567

    Forum Posts

    516

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    Yes, same for people who use 'dat' and 'M$'.

    Avatar image for mooseymcman
    MooseyMcMan

    12786

    Forum Posts

    5577

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 13

    Yes.

    Also, XBONE is what I use EVERY time.

    EVERY.

    TIME.

    XBONE.

    Avatar image for thegreatguero
    TheGreatGuero

    8881

    Forum Posts

    918

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 4

    I'm with you 100%, JJWeatherman. If anything, people could type XB1, but Xbone just seems trashy and immature to me.

    About as serious as I take someone writing; M$

    Exactly!

    Avatar image for coakroach
    coakroach

    2499

    Forum Posts

    27

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Xbone is hilarious.

    Xboned, Xboner.

    This is wordplay at it's finest people.

    Avatar image for biggiedubs
    biggiedubs

    595

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #24  Edited By biggiedubs

    Nope.

    These kind of arguments usually relate to someone looking for excuses to demean them, which I've never really bought. If you have to rely on their bad grammar or idiosyncrasies to win a debate (By declaring yourself winner by default due to his unsportsmanlike grammar) then they probably deserve more credit than you're willing to give them. If there not particular intelligent, and can't write properly; then that's fair game.

    I don't particularly have a problem with Xbone. You're just cutting out two letters, not moving anything around, and it seems way less stupid than the other options. X1? Xbox 1? The One?

    Admittedly, if someone was just making 'yo momma' jokes that were just essentially repackaged versions of 'I'm going to Xbone yo momma' then it'd be a bit immature.

    I also don't give a fuck about text speak or any other form of bad grammar. Cormac McCarthy? That guys okay in my book.

    Avatar image for explodemode
    ExplodeMode

    851

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    I don't really care as long as you don't call it 'The One.' That's the worst thing that could ever happen, anywhere.

    Avatar image for jimbo
    Jimbo

    10472

    Forum Posts

    2

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 3

    Not really, it's pretty well established now. I can read it without seeing any kind of negatvity or innuendo. I do usually dismiss 'XONE' users as suckups though. People writing out 'Xbox One' often seem more concerned with portraying themselves as 'serious' than actually saying anything.

    Avatar image for schrodngrsfalco
    SchrodngrsFalco

    4618

    Forum Posts

    454

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 1

    User Lists: 7

    XBone180 it is.

    Avatar image for kittyvondoom
    KittyVonDoom

    447

    Forum Posts

    117

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #28  Edited By KittyVonDoom

    It was old and unfunny before the reveal even finished. The fact that something so dumb and try-hard caught-on on the Internet, tho, should not be surprising :/

    But hey. It makes it easier to identify and avoid the dickish commenters.

    Avatar image for deactivated-5cc8838532af0
    deactivated-5cc8838532af0

    3170

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 12

    @likeassur: Yep. Also referred to the 360 as 360. The xbox is the real first xbox.

    Avatar image for fluxwavez
    FluxWaveZ

    19845

    Forum Posts

    19798

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 6

    I don't care, but I always use Xbox One. Now I shall start using Xbox 180 a bit more.

    Avatar image for video_game_king
    Video_Game_King

    36563

    Forum Posts

    59080

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 54

    User Lists: 14

    #31  Edited By Video_Game_King

    If anything, people could type XB1

    I don't know. That looks weird. Who mixes numbers and letters? How gauche.

    Avatar image for justin258
    Justin258

    16684

    Forum Posts

    26

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 11

    User Lists: 8

    @irvandus: ....Okay, let's break this down.

    Xbone = 5 characters.

    Xbox One = 8 characters (if you count the space).

    So you're saying that an additional three keystrokes is just too much?

    Xbox One takes too long to say, actually. Besides, I'd rather use "Xbone" - it makes me feel less like a fucking corporate tool and more like a cynical twenty something who is joining every other cynical 20 something in ironically making fun of something really fucking stupid. Sounds like a good enough reason to me.

    @dsi1 said:

    @ajamafalous said:

    Nope! In fact, I use it whenever I can.

    I now, though, can't decide whether Xbone or Xbox One Eighty is better.

    EDIT: Also, I guess I should add that I never thought it was 'funny' or 'clever,' just a stupid name for what was a stupid console.

    Best of both worlds: Xbone80

    Brilliant.

    Avatar image for mcghee
    McGhee

    6128

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    All of the holier-than-thou backlash for the use of the word just makes me want to use it more.

    Avatar image for nephrahim
    Nephrahim

    1265

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    I used to, but it's become so common I got over it.

    Avatar image for uniform
    uniform

    1843

    Forum Posts

    33

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    No. I'm surprised to see people get defensive, automatically dismissing people based on what they call a video game console. That said, I shouldn't be. We may not be on Whiskey, but those blue and green names bleed through that red, and this is a serious war.

    Avatar image for tourgen
    tourgen

    4568

    Forum Posts

    645

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 4

    User Lists: 11

    No. now people have Xbox180 to get mad about so maybe Xbone will get a pass.

    Avatar image for zeforgotten
    zeforgotten

    10368

    Forum Posts

    9

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    Yeah, obviously.
    I have every reason to not take anything they say seriously and I never will.
    Not now and not when they turn 14.

    Avatar image for thehumandove
    TheHumanDove

    2520

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Of course not. Xbone is the official name of the system.

    Avatar image for evilnights
    EvilNiGHTS

    1169

    Forum Posts

    128

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 3

    User Lists: 5

    If anything I feel a kinship with them.

    People who hyphenate Xbox, though!? They can all fucking die. They can all fucking die RIGHT NOW.

    Avatar image for oraknabo
    oraknabo

    1744

    Forum Posts

    12

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 6

    I take them EXTRA serious

    Avatar image for 49th
    49th

    3988

    Forum Posts

    26

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 5

    Xboneighty if you really want to take it to the next level.

    Avatar image for rvone
    RVonE

    5027

    Forum Posts

    8740

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 6

    @mcghee said:

    All of the holier-than-thou backlash for the use of the word just makes me want to use it more.

    Exactly.

    Avatar image for earlessshrimp
    EarlessShrimp

    1853

    Forum Posts

    2735

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 3

    User Lists: 10

    I used it as an effective means of shortening it. I liked the ring to that term. xb1 looks.... awkward. Xbox One is too long. Maybe Xone? Like I'm in the Xone playing on my Xbox One? Maybe we can call it Xbox? I dunno, it hasn't really bothered me much, if at all.

    Avatar image for you_died
    YOU_DIED

    711

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #44  Edited By YOU_DIED

    I can't believe someone cares enough to get mad about XBONE

    Avatar image for joeyoe31
    Joeyoe31

    848

    Forum Posts

    17

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #45  Edited By Joeyoe31

    I don't take them any less seriously, but I think 180 is a better name.

    Avatar image for confusedowl
    confusedowl

    1245

    Forum Posts

    453

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 6

    If I took everyone that says Xbone less seriously I'd be ignoring a lot of people that potentially have interesting posts. So no, I don't take them less seriously.

    Avatar image for thepickle
    ThePickle

    4704

    Forum Posts

    14415

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 13

    Absolutely not. It's way better than the alternative (the Xbox One was released in 2001, why all the sudden interest?)

    It's not meant to be some sort of derisive thing. Calling it "The One" is just absurd (name already taken by Keanu Reeves). And since when do we call things by their full names? This is the internet, the home of GoW, GoT, CoD, GB, Civ, PS, 360, HL3, and MK. Getting uptight about it is stupid. I'm glad it's caught on because it's way better than the shitty name MS (see, I abbreviated it!) chose.

    Avatar image for evilnights
    EvilNiGHTS

    1169

    Forum Posts

    128

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 3

    User Lists: 5

    @ezakael said:

    If I took everyone that says Xbone less seriously I'd be ignoring a lot of people that potentially have interesting posts. So no, I don't take them less seriously.

    How's this for interesting?

    XBOOOOOONE!!!!!

    Avatar image for hunter5024
    Hunter5024

    6708

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 9

    #49  Edited By Hunter5024

    Maybe if they're using it in a negative way.

    Avatar image for commandergermanshepard
    CommanderGermanShepard

    309

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    I don't even say it in jest it's just the easiest way to say it.

    X = X + B = Box + one = XBone.

    This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.